diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
index 50af84e76fb6..174f71ed5280 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mr.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int mlx5_core_create_mkey(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev,
 	mkey_index = MLX5_GET(create_mkey_out, lout, mkey_index);
 	mkey->iova = MLX5_GET64(mkc, mkc, start_addr);
 	mkey->size = MLX5_GET64(mkc, mkc, len);
-	mkey->key |= mlx5_idx_to_mkey(mkey_index);
+	mkey->key = (u32)mlx5_mkey_variant(mkey->key) | mlx5_idx_to_mkey(mkey_index);
 	mkey->pd = MLX5_GET(mkc, mkc, pd);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&mkey->wait);